†In a strange incident, Cho U forfeited his league game against Yuki Satoshi. Cho U is associated with Tokyo-based Nihon Kiin. Yuki Satoshi is associated with Osaka-based Kansai Kiin. In Japan traditionally if the two players are based in different cities, the lower-ranked player needs to travel to meet the higher-ranked player. Cho has been the higher-ranked player for quite a while so he probably did not realise he needed to travel. He had to give a public apology in the Weekly Go Magazine.